Does this item from Politico make you nostalgic for John Edwards' $400 haircuts?
The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.
According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74.
The records also document a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September.
The RNC also spent $4,716.49 on hair and makeup through September after reporting no such costs in August.
To be honest, it would be naive to be surprised by this. Politics is, increasingly, show business. You need to have your candidate (and the candidate's family) looking good for the 10 seconds they get on national news each evening. (If they're lucky, which Joe Biden certainly hasn't been.) And the Palin family really didn't have much chance to pack their Florida clothes before hitting the road, did they?
It's always nice to see Republicans embarrassed, but they should be embarrassed by what they've done to this country, not by their wardrobe bill.
Update: The Anchorage Daily News offers a slide show of Palin's wardrobe before her nomination for vice president. Any reasonable person can see that the Republicans had to do something!
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